10:41 PM,
Apr. 29, 2013

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Village Mayor Noramie Jasmin has started a legal defense fund to raise money to pay for her legal bills, according to a statement released Monday.

"As you imagine, victory is very costly," Jasmin said in the statement. "Considerable expenditure of funds is necessary for court costs, attorney fees and administrative expenses, in order to successfully challenge these charges."

Jasmin, a Democrat, has been ensnared in wide-ranging federal corruption probe alleging three bribery schemes that spanned from Queens to Spring Valley Village Hall. ...